Bible in Basic English
"The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever."
— Mark 14:7, Bible in Basic English
“For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.”
“For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.”
“For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!”
But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?
We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.
But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.
The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.
She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.
And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.
And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.